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IEEE	Games,	Entertainment,	&	Media	(GEM)	2018	
Preliminary	Notice	&	Call	for	Volunteers	as	TPC	Member,	Track	Chair	&	Special	Session	Organizers	

	

Continuing the grand tradition & broadening the scope of the IEEE International Games Innovation Conference (IGIC,
2009 - 2013) and IEEE Games Entertainment & Media (GEM, 2014 - 2016) we introduce the GEM 2018 conference to be
held on-campus at the National University of Ireland Galway, August 16th & 17th with industry workshop August 15th 2018.
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GEM and Teaching
Introduction	
Industry Research Themes
The Games, Entertainment and Media (GEM)
* GEM Design, Development & User Experience
Conference began in London 2009, and moved various
* Serious Gaming & Industry Applications
venues in the US and Canada until 2016. For 2018 the
* Practical Case Studies of GEM
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society will re-boot GEM
* GEM Platforms & Infrastructure
outside of North America for the first time in nearly a
decade. The conference will take place at the National
Peer & Invited Contributions
University of Ireland Galway and is hosted in
Peer-Reviewed Contributions (Academic)
collaboration with the University of Limerick.
Situated on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean the West of
* Long Paper + Oral Presentation (20 mins)
Ireland has traditionally been the site of the first trans* Long Paper + Poster
Atlantic air-flights and there are many historic links
* Short Paper + Oral Presentation (10 mins)
between Ireland and the US and Canada stretching back
Peer-Reviewed Contributions (Industry)
to the times of the Irish famine.
* Long Oral Presentation (PPT slides, 20 mins)
Today, our aim is to build a bridge between gaming and
* Short Oral Presentation (PPT slides 10 mins)
digital media research in North America and in Europe
* Industry Demo (Tabletop - Slides optional)
and the UK. Ireland, with unique historic links to North
America, coupled with a pivotal role as a technology
Invited Contributions
European technology hub and strong economic ties with
* Keynote Talk (PPT slides, 30-45 mins)
the UK, offers a unique venue for gaming and digital
* Panel Session
media researchers to meet and share the latest
* Special Oral Session (3-5 long papers)
innovations.
* Special Poster Session (8+ posters)
In scope GEM encompasses all aspects of gaming and
* Tutorials & Hand-on Workshops
digital media ranging from theoretical advances in
algorithmic and mathematical techniques, to new
Publication Opportunities
enabling technologies, to socio-economic impacts and
The conference proceedings will be published on IEEE
unique and original uses and applications of these
Xplore. In addition there will be opportunities for special
technologies. GEM is for scientists, engineers,
sections in a number of IEEE Journals and technical
mathematicians, psychologists, sociologists and games
Magazines. Details will follow in due course.
researchers of all disciplines, united in their interest and
enthusiasm for digital games, entertainment & media and
Conference Organization
the significant uses and impacts these technologies have
Conference Co-Chairs: Brenda Romero of University of
on our lives.
Limerick, 2017 BAFTA special award winner for Game
If you would like to see your personal area of GEM
Design; brenda.romero@ul.ie
research represented in Galway in 2018 please contact
& Peter Corcoran of NUI Galway; founding editor, IEEE
peter.corcoran@nuigalway.ie or ckobert@ieee.org to
CE Magazine; peter.corcoran@nuigalway.ie
share your ideas and vision for a special or panel session,
Program Chair: Sam Redfern, university lecturer & game
a tutorial or a hands-on demonstration or workshop.
programmer; sam.redfern@nuigalway.ie
Publicity Chair: Lee Stogner; l.stogner@ieee.org;
Conference Research Themes
Conference Manager: Charlotte Kobert; ckobert@ieee.org
Academic Research Themes
* GEM in the Cloud
Conference Timeline (indicative)
* Mobile & Wearable Technologies for GEM
Submission deadlines: Feb/March 2018
* Augmented & Virtual Reality in GEM
Notification: May 2018
* Social and Economic Aspects of Digital GEM
Final submission: June 2018
* Societal & Behavioural Impacts of GEM
Conference Venue: National University of Ireland
* Medical Applications of GEM
Galway, August 16th & 17th; industry workshop Aug 15th.
* Emerging Technologies: Sensors, User Interface,
Location-Awareness, Touch & Haptics, Motion
For Further Information:
Capture, Distributed Intelligence, etc
Please consult the official IEEE GEM 2018 website
* Artificial Intelligence in GEM
at http://sites.ieee.org/ieeegem/
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCE.2017.2781265
http://sites.ieee.org/ieeegem/
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